Coming into Saturday’s matchup, senior Dan Ames said he wanted to make a lasting impression against crosstown rival USC. It would be his last chance to forever cement his mark on the Trojans and he wanted to make it count, especially since this one was on his home turf. Saturday, Ames made more than just […]
Author Archives: Jeff Eisenberg
W. track: Bruin’s new approach falls short
Chelsea Johnson experimented with a nine-stride approach to pole vaulting Saturday. And, in the UCLA sophomore’s own words, “It was a miserable failure.” Johnson, the NCAA record-holder in the pole vault, never cleared the bar once against USC, failing on all three attempts at her opening height of 12 feet, 10 inches. For an athlete […]
W. track: Bruins place weight on 1500m race
Don’t let USC coach Ron Allice fool you. UCLA women’s track and field certainly isn’t going to let him. In spite of Allice’s hour-long doomsday prophecy of a press conference before this weekend’s crosstown dual meet, the No. 2 Bruins are preparing as if the meet could be decided by the outcome of the final […]
Track: Meet’s new way of scoring emphasizes depth
One not-so-innocent question seems to have altered the course of Saturday’s USC-UCLA dual meet. As Tuesday’s media luncheon came to a close, Trojan sprinter Miya Edmonson asked why only three athletes per team would be eligible to score in each event. A quick debate led to an important scoring change ““ now there will be […]
M. track: USC track coach shows little hope for dual meet
Perpetual pessimist Ron Allice is at it again. The outspoken USC track and field coach unveiled a woe-is-me routine that had the UCLA staff rolling their eyes Tuesday at a media luncheon prior to Saturday’s crosstown dual meet. “I apologize for not having done a good enough job recruiting to make this meet closer,” said […]
M. track: Sprints standouts contribute to track’s winning season
The debut of freshman Brandon Johnson and the development of sophomore Matt Bruno has bolstered the ranks of a UCLA men’s sprints corps that is already enjoying its best season in years. Johnson, the Bruins’ top recruit this past season, returned from injury to win the 400-meter hurdles in 51.24 seconds Saturday afternoon at the […]
Bruin digest
San Jose State’s starting setter may become a Bruin Allison Dillon, the starting setter for the San Jose State women’s volleyball team this season, may transfer to UCLA next fall. UCLA coach Andy Banachowski offered the former prep All-American a scholarship this past week, and she will take an official visit later this month. Dillon, […]